Kenya
Republic of Kenya
- Capital
- Nairobi
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Population, 2025
- 58 million
- Currency
- KES
- Area
- 580,367 km²
Across Kenya's 25 priced cities, one person needs about $677 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $479.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
55out of 100
- Purchasing power25%39
- Safety20%45
- Health care15%62
- Climate10%87
- Air quality10%83
- Connectivity10%9
- Cost10%92
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #89
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
31.3
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
7.0
New York = 100
Purchasing power
59.0
New York = 100
One person
$677
A month, rent included
Net salary
$479
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$441
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$2,363
2025
Growth
+4.6%
2025
Unemployment
5.4%
2025
Inflation
4.1%
2025
Life expectancy
63.8 years
2024
Internet users
35%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 35%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 10%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 30%
- SourceTrading Economics
- VAT or sales tax
- 16%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 15%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 6%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 6%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 44.8
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 55.2
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2022
- 4.9
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #136 worldwide
- 26
- Mobile downloadMbps, median
- —
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +68%
Cities in Kenya
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Thika | 66 | 25.2 | $100 | — | — | 251.4K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 2Nakuru | 64 | 30.2 | $224 | — | — | 570.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 3Naivasha | 63 | 31.7 | — | — | — | 198.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 4Kisumu | 63 | 27.3 | $155 | $773 | 156.4 | 398K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 5Eldoret | 63 | 26.3 | $92.73 | — | — | 475.7K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 6Mwala | 63 | — | — | — | — | 181.9K | Low confidence |
| 7Kitengela | 63 | — | — | — | — | 154.4K | Low confidence |
| 8Kisii | 62 | 24.2 | — | — | — | 112.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 9Juja | 61 | — | — | — | — | 156K | Low confidence |
| 10Malindi | 61 | 29.6 | — | — | — | 119.9K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 11Kitale | 60 | — | — | — | — | 162.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 12Kikuyu | 60 | — | — | — | — | 323.9K | Low confidence |
| 13Karuri | 60 | — | — | — | — | 194.3K | Low confidence |
| 14Lang'ata | 60 | — | — | — | — | 172.6K | Low confidence |
| 15Limuru | 60 | — | — | — | — | 159.3K | Low confidence |
| 16Mlolongo | 60 | — | — | — | — | 136.4K | Low confidence |
| 17Ngong | 60 | — | — | — | — | 102.3K | Low confidence |
| 18Karuri | 59 | — | — | — | — | 194.3K | Low confidence |
| 19Garissa | 59 | — | — | $130 | — | 163.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 20Mandera | 58 | — | — | — | — | 114.7K | Low confidence |
| 21Isiolo | 57 | 31.3 | — | $773 | 150.8 | 78.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 22Matuga | 57 | — | — | — | — | 194.3K | Low confidence |
| 23Jomvu | 57 | — | — | — | — | 163.4K | Low confidence |
| 24Kakamega | 57 | — | — | — | — | 1.9M | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 25Ruiru | 56 | 30.5 | $100 | $232 | 47.5 | 490.1K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 26Khwisero | 55 | — | — | — | — | 113.3K | Low confidence |
| 27Ongata Rongai | 54 | 30.9 | $116 | $184 | 36.3 | 172.6K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 28Nairobi | 53 | 32.5 | $441 | $479 | 59.0 | 4.4M | High confidence, 90 contributors |
| 29Machakos | 53 | 24.2 | $92.73 | $386 | 96.9 | 63.8K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 30Kiambu | 53 | 28.7 | $116 | $124 | 25.9 | 147.9K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 31Mombasa | 52 | 28.9 | $232 | $319 | 54.7 | 1.2M | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 32Kericho | 52 | 28.8 | — | — | — | 53.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 33Rongai | 52 | 27.4 | $155 | — | — | 30.5K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 34Meru | 52 | 31.0 | — | — | — | 80.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 35Migori | 52 | 31.3 | — | — | — | 71.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 36Molo | 50 | 31.3 | — | $386 | 75.4 | 48.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 37Embu | 49 | 26.3 | $77.27 | $270 | 65.5 | 65K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 38Narok | 48 | 23.5 | $231 | $308 | 60.4 | 65.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 39Nyeri | 48 | 26.5 | $92.73 | $232 | 54.0 | 80.1K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 40Busia | 45 | — | — | — | — | 71.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 41Bungoma | 45 | — | — | — | — | 68K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 42Homa Bay | 45 | — | — | — | — | 44.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 43Siaya | 45 | — | — | — | — | 33.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 44Kijabe | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 45Kilifi | 44 | 25.7 | $328 | $232 | 37.1 | 74.3K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 46Nyahururu | 43 | 29.8 | $85.00 | $116 | 24.9 | 37.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 47Nanyuki | 43 | 31.2 | $77.27 | $116 | 24.3 | 72.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |